J. G. Holland Quotes
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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I wouldn't just lay my voice on anything. But I'd love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.
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My dominant feeling every day is one of great ignorance.
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Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.
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I'm interested in people. I'm curious about people, and of course we're curious about people whose work we respond to. So I'm not saying that I don't understand fascination with other people. But as it's dealt with in this American, modern-day culture, I find it not just boring but actually sort of destructive, really.
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An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
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Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new leaders of China's Communist Party central committee.
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The idea that either individuals or organisations are 'too big to fail' or that the tech and start-up sector is somehow different is wrong.
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That's something that I gotta prove - I don't like being labeled as 'soft.' I'm not soft.
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I love deep cleavage on the foot. It reminds me of Berlin in 1930s, 'Cabaret.'
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As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
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Losing your parent is unlike anything.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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As a doctor, I saw firsthand the problems many patients face finding a doctor, navigating the system, and paying their health care bills.
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A negative mind will never give you a positive life.
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We must distinguish between genes that cause physical characteristics, like the color of your eyes or hair, over which you have no control, and what we could call 'behavioral dispositions'. We are responsible for our behavior, no matter what those dispositions are.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.
